August 9, 2006 in Learn
Show Me the Money… in Open Source
Web applications are a great example of using open source technologies and trying to gain profit through them. We all know the web app model. Solve a simple problem. Charge a monthly subscription. However, the pros and cons of the…
July 30, 2006 in Learn
‘Ruby for Rails’ by David Black
Tom Armitage from Infovore.org reviews a recent titled aimed at Ruby on Rails beginners
July 30, 2006 in Learn
'Ruby for Rails' by David Black
Tom Armitage from Infovore.org reviews a recent titled aimed at Ruby on Rails beginners
July 24, 2006 in Learn
Interview with Chris Wilson
Download the MP3 (2.6 MB) In the interview, we discuss everything from Web Standards support in IE7, to whether or not IE6 will auto-update to IE7. Enjoy! Full transcription of the interview RC: Hi, my name is Ryan and we…
June 11, 2006 in Learn
Builders & Doers vs Whiners & Trolls
Ever since I started Carson Systems, I’ve noticed something. There are generally two types of people in the world: Builders & Doers and Whiners & Trolls Builders & Doers The first group of people are those who see an opportunity…
June 11, 2006 in Learn
Builders & Doers vs Whiners & Trolls
Ever since I started Carson Systems, I’ve noticed something. There are generally two types of people in the world: Builders & Doers and Whiners & Trolls Builders & Doers The first group of people are those who see an opportunity…
June 11, 2006 in Learn
Ready to Start your Own Business?
One thing many people learn from starting their own business is that you have to be in the right mindset from the very beginning. If you have the drive then all the rest should fall into place. But there are…
May 7, 2006 in Learn
The Basics of Ruby Arrays
An array is a list of items in order (like vitamins, minerals, and chocolates). Those keeping score at home might be interested to know that the Rails website framework makes 771 calls to Array.each, 558 calls to Array.map, and 1,521…
April 30, 2006 in Learn
Start Thinking Community!
The idea guaranteed to fail in meetings with any client is a message board. Companies in general fear public dissent from real people. They say things like, "So if we ship the wrong thing, or our customer has a bad…
April 23, 2006 in Learn
Stop Hacking, or be Stopped
CSS has experienced a colourful and unusual history. From historic slow adoption to the current slow rate of development, ugly hacks have meant filling in the gaps is par for the course. With CSS1, we had a simple and elegant…
April 17, 2006 in Learn
Shut up and Get Back to Work!
37signals is spread out over four cities and eight time zones. From Provo, Utah to Copenhagen, Denmark, the five of us are eight hours apart. One positive side effect of this eight hour difference is alone time. People need uninterrupted…
April 12, 2006 in Learn
Review: Fluxiom
Fluxiom is a next generation digital asset manager. We put it through it’s paces to see if it’s worthy of all the pre-launch press.